These 74 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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Fri, Jan 15 · 1:00 PM
Barnes Foundation · Center City
Art born from injustice: this exhibition showcases Japanese American artists and designers who created iconic work in the shadow of WWII incarceration. Powerful, beautiful, and long overdue.
Fri, Jan 15 · 10:00 AM
Barnes Foundation · Center City
An art tour where you call the shots: pick up to four favorite artists, from Van Gogh to Soutine, and a docent builds a private tour around them for your group of up to nine.
January 15 at 4pm
Barnes Foundation · Center City
Eleven new video works by Ho-Chunk artist Sky Hopinka turn the Barnes' Annenberg Court into a meditation on Indigenous homelands and the American experiment, commissioned for the nation's 250th. Free to enter.
Fri, Jan 15 · 10:00 AM
Barnes Foundation · Center City
Wander a billion-dollar Impressionist collection in total privacy, choosing which artists your guide dives into. The Barnes' famous "ensembles" group Renoir beside African masks and metalwork, revealing one collector's radical, deeply personal vision.
Every day at 10am
South 6th Street & Spruce Street · Society Hill • $480
Walk the streets where Jewish immigrants built a new life at the turn of the 20th century. Historian Dr. Schatz shares his own family's story as you step inside an active synagogue and a kosher bakery.
January 17 at 1pm
Fabrika · North Philadelphia • $$$$
Sunday afternoons go full glam at this drag brunch where RuPaul alumni and guest queens serve jaw-dropping performances between bites and boozy sips. Come hungry for spectacle: the show is the main course.
January 19 at 7pm
Strangelove's · Washington Square West • $5
Hello Uglies: Dragula Season 7 hits the big screen weekly at Strangelove's, with Philly drag monsters Pi and Onyx hosting the chaos. Expect blood, tea, and horror-tinged drag alongside a room full of fellow fiends.
January 16 at 9pm
SideQuest Theater · Center City West
Six comedians go undercover, but one is secretly sober. Your mission: watch them improvise through challenges and figure out who's acting DOOBIOUS before the show ends. Part spy spoof, part improv game, all delightfully unhinged.
Every day at 12pm from Nov. 25 to Jan. 17
Arden Theatre Company · Center City East
Follow Dorothy and Toto down the yellow brick road in the Arden's fresh take on Baum's classic, from the director behind their charming Frog and Toad. Big heart, courage, and friendship for ages 5 and up.
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Wed, Jan 20 · 7:00 PM
Attic Brewing Company · Northwest Philadelphia
Wed, Jan 20 · 8:00 PM
St Mary's Church, Hamilton Village · University City
Wed, Jan 20 · 7:00 PM
Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philadelphia
Mon, Jan 18 · 2:00 PM
Barnes Foundation · Center City
Thu, Jan 21 · 7:00 PM
Yamitsuki · Center City East
$$
Fri, Jan 15 · 1:30 PM
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University · Center City
Thu, Jan 21 · 9:00 PM
Bar X · Washington Square West
$5
Mon, Jan 18 · 7:00 AM
The Farm at Awbury Arboretum · Northwest Philadelphia
Fri, Jan 15 · 11:30 AM
Barnes Foundation · Center City
Tue, Jan 19 · 10:00 AM
Paschalville Library · Elmwood Park
Free
Thu, Jan 21 · 11:00 AM
Dave & Buster's Philadelphia · Old City
$$
Thu, Jan 21 · 7:30 PM
Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philadelphia
Fri, Jan 15 · 4:00 PM
Little Walter’s · East Kensington
$$$
Thu, Jan 21 · 6:30 PM
Dock Street Brewery South · Point Breeze
Free
Fri, Jan 15 · 7:00 AM
Tea Around Town · Center City East
$79
Fri, Jan 15 · 10:00 AM
Franklin Square · Center City East
Fri, Jan 15 · 9:00 AM
Independence Visitor Center · Center City East
$59
Fri, Jan 15 · 8:00 AM
Hive · Point Breeze
$
Fri, Jan 15 · 12:00 PM
Barnes Foundation · Center City
Free
Fri, Jan 15 · 3:00 PM
Attic Brewing Company · Northwest Philadelphia
Fri, Jan 15 · 10:30 AM
Sky Zone Trampoline Park · Northeast Philadelphia
Fri, Jan 15 · 8:00 PM
Percy Diner & Bar · North Philadelphia
$$
Fri, Jan 15 · 3:00 PM
Attic Brewing Company · Northwest Philadelphia
Fri, Jan 15 · 11:00 PM
Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar · Center City East
$$
Fri, Jan 15 · 8:30 AM
Clark Park · University City
Free
Fri, Jan 15 · 11:00 AM
Ramonita G. de Rodriguez Library · North Philadelphia
Fri, Jan 15 · 7:00 PM
254 · Washington Square West
$$
Fri, Jan 15 · 10:30 AM
Chestnut Hill Library · Chestnut Hill
Fri, Jan 15 · 10:00 AM
Charles Santore Library · Bella Vista
Fri, Jan 15 · 8:30 PM
Brasil's Nightclub · Center City East
$
Sat, Jan 16 · 10:00 AM
Woodmere Art Museum · Chestnut Hill
$10
Sat, Jan 16 · 9:40 AM
Lloyd Hall Recreation Center · West Philadelphia
Sat, Jan 16 · 10:00 AM
Woodmere Maguire Hall · Chestnut Hill
$10
Sat, Jan 16 · 10:00 AM
Children's Studio at Woodmere Maguire Hall · Chestnut Hill
Sat, Jan 16 · 10:30 AM
Punch Line Philly · North Philadelphia
Sat, Jan 16 · 12:00 PM
Punch Line Philly · North Philadelphia
Sat, Jan 16 · 10:00 AM
Philadelphia Museum of Art · West Philadelphia
Free
Sat, Jan 16 · 9:00 PM
Brasil's Nightclub · Center City East
$
Sun, Jan 17 · 7:00 PM
South Bowl · South Philadelphia
Sun, Jan 17 · 5:00 PM
The Philly Game Shop · Society Hill
Sun, Jan 17 · 11:00 AM
Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philadelphia
$20
Sun, Jan 17 · 7:00 PM
Mercado Latino · South Philadelphia West
Sun, Jan 17 · 4:00 PM
The Plough & the Stars · Center City East
$$
Mon, Jan 18 · 11:30 AM
Fishtown Community Library · North Philadelphia
Mon, Jan 18 · 11:00 AM
Dave & Buster's Philadelphia · Old City
$$
Mon, Jan 18 · 7:00 PM
Club 624 · Bella Vista
$$
Mon, Jan 18 · 2:00 PM
Charles L. Durham Library · Mantua
Mon, Jan 18 · 9:00 PM
The 700 · North Philadelphia
Free
Mon, Jan 18 · 8:00 PM
Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philadelphia
Mon, Jan 18 · 8:00 PM
Wissahickon Brewing Company - East Falls · Northwest Philadelphia
Tue, Jan 19 · 10:00 AM
Rittenhouse Farmers' Market · Center City West
Tue, Jan 19 · 6:30 PM
Lloyd Hall Recreation Center · West Philadelphia
Tue, Jan 19 · 11:30 AM
David Cohen Ogontz Library · North Philadelphia
Tue, Jan 19 · 8:00 AM
Bok · East Passyunk Crossing
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